Lute Song Recital
Sunday 27th May, 3pm
The Moot Hall, Hexham
Lyra – Deborah Catterall and Martin Eastwell – will be performing “Douce Mémoire”, a recital of music from 16th and 17th Century France, with lute and Renaissance guitar.
Deborah and Martin, both inspirational and accomplished performers, met as colleagues at the Summer School of the North West Early Music Forum at Ambleside, where they have worked together for a number of years teaching a class in 16th and early 17th Century song.
They have both performed throughout the UK and abroad at many prestigious venues, and look forward to welcoming you to their recital in the historic surroundings of the Moot Hall.
Costs £6 (£1 children)
Lute Song Master Class
Saturday 26th May
First session 10.30 – 12.30, second session 2.00 – 4.00.
Venue: Core Music, 14 Gilesgate, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3NJ
A friendly and supportive masterclass designed to directly address singers’ vocal and performing needs, with the aim of increasing vocal and expressive freedom. Continue reading
Shop News
We are starting a new campaign here at Core to try and get unused instruments back into circulation. If you have any instruments you are no longer using please consider donating them to us. We will do the refurbishment and put them back into use through our shop. Continue reading
New Workshop Programme
We are currently developing a new range of workshops, clubs, classes and events. If there are things you would like us to organise please let us know and we will do our best to get them going.
World Book Night
Monday 23rd April between 5pm and 7pm. Core Music is delighted to be taking part in World Book Night. Local band – Polkageist will be providing some background music and we will be giving away free copies of “The Player of Games” by Iain M.Banks. Refreshements available too so please pop in and support this great event.
Jubilee Band Concert
Monday June 4th 2012. A grand free concert featuring the Jubilee Band made up of performers from Core Music and the Tyne Valley Big Band who will take us on a tour of 60 years of music to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. A fantastic evening of music on the Sele at Hexham starting at 8pm (preliminary entertainment starts at 6pm). Bring your own refreshments.
Customer Survey
Core Music recently celebrated it’s third birthday. A time for rejoicing and an opportunity to reflect on what we do well and to examine what we can build on to ensure that we keep on celebrating birthdays to come. Over the next few months we will be focussing on different aspects of Core Music with the aim of improving our service to you. This month we’re looking at our “retail offering” and would be most grateful if you, as a supporter of Core Music, would complete the following questionnaire. It should only take a few minutes, but will provide us with a useful insight into how best we can continue to make Core Music the place to be for music. Thanks.
What a Wonderful Day
Amy Hill from Haydon Bridge Middle School wrote a song while she was on work experience with Core last week. It’s a great song, and Amy has a lovely singing voice – keep an eye out for her in future because we think she’s going to go far!
Interview with Rosie and Amy
Here at Core we often have young people from local schools coming in to do work experience, and for the past week we’ve had Rosie Webster and Amy Hill working with us. They did a great job – they were helpful and friendly, even when Mike made them dust all the guitars! Rosie and Amy have written a little article about their work experience, so here’s what they thought of their time at Core… Continue reading